Bank-check.



Paeend man, 1915.

N www H. E. KINNEAR.

BANK'-CHECK.

APPuc'ATloN FILED MAY e, 1915.

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Application filed 'vay 1915.

relates to an improved bond, or similar instru7 note, lebte-finesse, and has for its prin urns for amount provide imm-ove( JL of tbe check. it is another and more specific object of the invention to proude a check upon one face of which is vnted or otherwise deline ated a plurality or spaces or indi v'idi'ied fields each contain'ng a nnneral 'which may be indicative ci' the amount Written upon the face of the check. as payable. to the designated person or bearer thereof, the field containing 'the numeral correspondi" amount of the check being ador. o to be puncbnd out or thearnount printed therein obiit. *,d in any other suitable n inner.

llfitii the above and stl objects in view, the invention consists in tl impr bank check. or note to be hereinafter ly de scribed and subsequently pointed in the appended claim.

`in the accompanying drawing, wherein like reference characters designate cmfrespending parts, Figure l is a back view of a bank check or the like; and Fig, is a front face view t" of.

indicates the paper check or note which be oflany ritable size and In ff back of Wh thee lum; itudinallj/f' figed in multiples of 'l0 are separatcui "rnsversely relative to the nder of peeiiiea'on of Letters atent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

seriaI No. 26,834.

the numbers to afford a substantially blank space underlying' the space on the front of .the check in which the amount to be paid is adapted to be written. This arrangement is created lso that the amount written on the face of the check will not be obscured by the punch. It is also to be perceived that the back of the check has sufficient space below the lastnamed numbers as to prevent the punch ,from obscurng or otherwise interfering with the of the check. i v i The front face of the check is provided with the usual printed matter, and upon one end thereof` the phrase Not good over first -signature on the face punch mark and the Words See reverse -the same time applying an acid-proof ink to the back face' of the check over the numeral thereon. The paper is thus embossed or raised on the face of the check, so that the amount for which the check is payable will be permanently indicated, but Without liability of the check being torn or badly mutilated. The erasure of the ink and the return of the check sheet to its normal condition, is also effectually precluded. It will, however, be understood that, if desired, an ordinary punch may be used and the paper in the. field entirely punched out and removed. It will be noted that, by the illustrativearrangement of the numbers on the p back of the check, suiicient space is left for Having thus fully described my inVen-' tion, 'what I desire to claim and secure by4 Letters Patent is A bank check having a plurality of series of value indications on the back thereof, and arranged in' transversely relatedv rows, each of the indications being disposed longi- 

